US not planning to contribute money at Iraq reconstruction conference officials

Kuwait on Monday opened a week of conferences seeking aid for rebuilding Iraq after the onslaught of the Islamic State group, seeking tens of billions of dollars for a nation only a generation ago that invaded it.

The US$88.2 billion estimate was based on an assessment study by Iraqi and global experts, the planning minister said.

Qusay Adulfattah, director-general of Iraq's planning ministry, said Iraq would need $23 billion in the short term to help with rebuilding.

The participants of Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq (KICRI) stressed the importance of the human dimension in supporting the reconstruction of Iraq.

Clean-up crews in Mosul, Iraq, after the city was recaptured from the Islamic State in July past year.

The meeting, which brings together several economic powers, as well as regional and global organisations, will discuss the required contributions to rebuilding Iraq after many years of war and conflict, reports Xinhua news agency.

In a Monday statement, Qassemi underlined the significance of Iraq as a friend and neighbor of Iran, and said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will take part in Kuwait conference.

The housing sector has the most urgent need for funds, said Raja Rehan Arshad, the lead disaster risk management specialist for the World Bank.

A number of donor sides, regional and global organizations are attending the conference.

"I have come to tell you of France s support and to accompany you".

The third day will be allocated for a meeting of the foreign ministers and will be concluded by a final communique about the new financial allocations to be channeled to Iraq. We will always be there.

"Rebuilding Iraq is restoring hope to Iraq, and restoring the stability of Iraq is stabilizing the states of the region and the world", said Planning Minister Salman al-Jumaili.

The US, which has been leading a military coalition purportedly fighting Daesh, claims it has played a major role in Iraq's war against terrorists. "We will also be there in the reconstruction phase", Mr Le Drian said.

However, officials acknowledge a feeling of fatigue from global donors, especially after the wars in Iraq and Syria sparked the biggest mass migration since World War II.

Fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against ISIS in the Old City of Mosul on July 4. The years of insurgency, sectarian violence and ethnic tensions that followed his overthrow in 2003 helped fuel the emergence of IS, a little more than a decade later.

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